Ungagged: The Cardinal Pell trials

After I spent weeks covering the trial of Cardinal George Pell in a small court room in Melbourne, a New York-based reporter for a U.S. media organization was first with the news that one of the most senior officials in the Vatican had been convicted of sexually assaulting two choir boys. Media had been barred by the court from publishing anything in Australia about Pell's prosecution on five sexual offences committed against the two boys at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne 22 years ago. Pell was found guilty in December, a verdict announced in court, but the gag order was lifted only on Feb 26.